External Metadata Basic

Introduction

Metadata can be provided to MediaHaven in the form of a metadata XML. The XML can be provided as a sidecar XML file or provided in a MediaHaven REST API. The complete reference about the external metadata can be found here: External Metadata Advanced 18.1.

Standard Fields

Sidecar (xpath)	Profile	Description	Format
`title`	`Title`	The title of the file
`description`	`Description`	Description about the file
`md5`	`Md5`	The MD5 checksum of the submitted file. If it mismatches with the calculated MD5 checksum during ingest, the file is rejected.
`keywords/keyword`	`Keywords`	Series of categories about the file	MultiItem
`MDProperties/CreationDate`	`CreationDate`	The date and time the file was originally created	EXIF
`MDProperties/RightsOwner`	`RightsOwner`	The name of the (copyright) owner of the file
`MDProperties/Publisher`	`Publisher`	Publisher of the file
`MDProperties/Categories/Category`	`Categories`	Series of keywords about the file	MultiItem
`MDProperties/Authors/Author`	`Authors`	Series of authors of the file	MultItem
`MDProperties/<any-tag>`	`<any-tag>`	The user can provide his or her own custom tags as children of the tag `MDProperties`. Namespaced tags are not allowed It is forbidden to use MediaHaven reserved tags names inside `MDProperties`. The reserved fields include the following tags: `type`, `title`, `description`. The full list of the reserved fields in MediaHaven: Metadata Fields.

Example

MediaHAVEN_external_metadata

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MediaHAVEN_external_metadata>
   <title>Big Buck Bunny, Sunflower version</title>
   <description />
   <OriginalFilename>video.mp4</OriginalFilename>
   <MDProperties>
      <Authors type="list">
         <Author>Blender Foundation 2008</Author>
         <Author>Janus Bager Kristensen 2013</Author>
      </Authors>
      <RightsOwner>SoundHandler</RightsOwner>
   </MDProperties>
</MediaHAVEN_external_metadata>